Hello and welcome to the first of many branches to my story, ANEA. Before we begin I would like to thank everyone for their support of any and all of my stories. I really appreciate. For those of you who are new to my story or just found this one. Please if you want to understand some of the things that happen in this story, go back and read the main storyline A Never Ending Adventure, it'll help you understand everything a little better. Now this story will take place 6 years prior to the events of ANEA which means that Natsu will be 10 years old and still getting used to his magic. Please note that each branch story will start from a different point on the main storyline of ANEA. I almost forgot, I do not own anything related to Fairy Tail or Highschool DxD. That's about all I have to say and so without further ado, Let's get started.

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Thoughts, unique items, dragonspeech, special effects

Fire Dragon's Iron Fist

Somewhere

Life works as a single organism. Always changing and adapting to the future, even if the future looks grim, life will continue to strive on without fail. Through these upbringings came one of life's most fascinating creations, Humans. Without a doubt, the creation of the humankind is a mystery still yet to be solved. Over time humankind has learned to adapt to life and make it suited for their needs. Ideals sprang up like flowers in a field on a warm summer day. Technology and Science flourished from the discovery of newer things, be they improvements of a previous design, or an all new product put together from a creative thought. Not all adaptations were good though, like the disagreement of beliefs, clashing opinions, and battles constantly being waged. From these adaptions came the formation of four major factions, each one powerful in their own right, always adding minor factions to show their power. Three of the four factions adapted the ability to wield elements, some stronger than others. Combinations of these elements formed even more advanced powers which led to the wielder's rise in their respective faction. These "magical abilities" helped factions stand out amongst the other factions. Unable to get along with each other, they agreed to split up who would rule over what part. One group would rule the skies and the realm above, another would hold control over the surface world with another, and the last would hold reign over the realm below. These realms would be known as Heaven, Earth aka the Human World, and the Underworld. The four major factions were the Devils, the Fallen Angels, the Angels, and the Human race.

The Angels ruled over Heaven, the Fallen Angels and the Humans watch over the Human World, and the devils controlled the vast Underworld. Since few of the humans actually knew about these supernatural races, they were left in the dark about events related to supernatural races, including the existence of actual "magical" abilities.

The ones who knew of the existence of these supernatural races often formed groups in support for a faction of their choosing. Priests, Nuns, and sometimes exorcists, often sided with the Angel faction. Using the almighty prayer of God and weapons blessed by the lord to help fight those who they believe have lost faith in their lord.

Those who "stray" from the faith are assumed to be supporters of the Fallen Angel faction. Through deceit and false promises, they are the more active group. Often using their abilities for personal gain.

For the longest time, the Devils didn't support humans and vice-versa. New ideas and connections challenged the old ways and eventual led to a civil war between the Old Satan and the Anti-Satan factions. The end result of which drastically decreased the devils' population. Needing to rebuild the numbers, the devils sought out the best possible candidate, the Human Race. Sometime late in the civil war, there was a new creation that was made, but never put into use until closer to the end of the war. This was known as the Peerage System. Similar to chess pieces, a 'king', usually a high-class or true blooded devil, would typically have a full set. Consisting of a queen, two rooks knights and bishops, and up to 8 pawns, these "pieces" would serve as the king's servants. Each piece gave a different added ability to its wielder, increasing their powers drastically. These groups were known as peerages. Many of the peerages were made up of resurrected devils, non-devil species (mostly human) who were reincarnated as a devil, though there were some peerages with a true-blooded devil mixed in them. Sometimes, however there is the rare case that a devil will come across someone who wields a mutation piece, these pieces are far stronger than the normal verison as upon resurrection, the piece used in the ritual will transform into what is called a mutation piece before the ritual is completed and the newly made devil is reborn. With this new system in place, and many powerful allies within their ranks, the devils were able to remain on top with the other two major factions.

For their power not only matched the other two, the devils benefitted the most from the humans as they added to their already great power. This didn't completely sit well with the other two factions out of fear that the devils may try to over throw them, but all three groups were able to resolve their issues peacefully. Ending a long era of conflict.

"As of right now, a major problem has made its presence known and we need to find help from an outside source if we are ever to maintain peace among the three factions." Spoke a figure as they lit a candle in a dark room. Upon lighting the candle, light poured into the room giving a clearer view of the figure. Revealing a man with long crimson red hair, wearing a black suit jacket over a dark gray shirt, standing behind a desk with his legs hidden from view.

"Sirzechs, may I suggest that we call in that favor from your friend?" spoke another man that was still in the dark for the light given off by the candle couldn't reach all the way over to his vicinity.

Sighing in frustration, the now known Sirzechs gave it some thought, before giving his answer. "I suppose we have no other option now." Turning to look at the other man, he continued. "MacGregor, establish a link to our friend." MacGregor appeared to give a quick bow before leaving to start the link. Leaving Sirzechs alone in his thoughts. 'I hope the boy is as powerful as you say he is, we need all the help we can get. The next conference between the factions won't be for 7 more years. Giving us more than enough time to help the boy adjust to this world. After all, it didn't take you too long yourself, right Igneel?'

And there you have it, sorry for all the added information but it's so I won't have to do it at a later date, also most of the information is altered to my design so it's not a 100% replica of the History of Highschool DxD. Now, this story will start at least 5 years before the main storyline of Highschool DxD and will run parallel with events that occur during the main storyline, with frequent tie-ins. Relationships, for this story, Natsu will have a harem, with most of the members from the previous poll. All of the members of his harem will be from Highschool DxD only. There will be mentions of others, outside of his harem, but only people from the DxD universe are going to be a part of this harem. If you don't like that, don't read this story. I will get this out of the way now, this story branches out from my other story ANEA. Meaning characters, abilities, and personalities will originate from ANEA. Still have a question? PM me. With that I don't have much else to say for this chapter so I will see you when I see you.